Chapter 70

-Yuck! I kill people. Tsk!
-Kill me! Take me!!!
Two brown-skinned orcs spotted him and charged. Gol’king smiled as he saw the two orcs running toward him.
Just because you’re a merchant doesn’t mean you don’t have a hunting skill. Even if their damage was weak, they still had hunting skills.
“Coin Load”
Sigh
Five bronzes appeared in Golking’s hand. The Gol’king held the bronzes back as if he were a pitcher, then quickly threw them at the orcs, shouting, “Gol’king!
“Coin Boom!”
Siaak
The five bronzes glowed brightly, and the five bronzes began to fly rapidly toward the orcs.
Poof, poof, poof, poof!
-Gulp! Human!
-Yuck! It hurts! So I kill it!
The bright bronze that touched the orcs caused a small explosion and disappeared. It was clear that the orcs were hurt, but they didn’t seem to have suffered much damage.
“Silver Shield! Coin load!”
Five silvers appeared around his body and began to spin, and then five bronzes appeared again in the Golking’s hands.
“Coin Boom!”
Golking tossed the bronze back at the charging orcs and sped away.
Poof, poof, poof, poof!
The bronzes that flew off earlier disappeared with a small explosion.
-Chapter. Tsk!
-Kill a human being sick. TAKE!
The explosion roused Chapter, and the orcs began to run in a frenzy. The distance between the goblins and orcs closed quickly, and one orc raised his axe and swung it at the goblins.
Suuk! Ting!
The two Silvers that were hovering around the Goblin bounced back off the axe and disappeared.
“Coin load!”
Five bronzes appeared in Golking’s hand again. The Golking shouted as he threw the bronze at the Orc, whose axe bounced back and knocked him off balance.
“Coin Boom!”
Poof, poof, poof, poof!
Due to the close distance, Bronze’s explosion was even bigger.
-Gain…
Caught in the blast, the orc slowly fell backwards. The goblin looked at the falling orc and quickly turned his attention to the other side. The one remaining orc was swinging his axe wildly.
Suuk! Ting!
The two silvers that had been hovering around the goblin flew out, knocking the axe back and disappearing. The orc lost its balance, just as the dead orc before it had.
“Coin load, coin boom”
Poof, poof, poof, poof!
-Income…
The Golkings hurled the bronze at the off-balance Orc, causing it to explode. The orc slowly fell backwards, leaving behind a short terminal wound. The Golking began to rummage through the fallen Orc’s body, picking up dropped items.
“After all, low-level mobs are easy to deal with.”
Golking muttered to himself as he picked up the item. The orcs on the ground were actually lower level monsters than Golking, and not just lower, but twenty levels lower.
“Should I save the party?”
When you save your party, you’ll be able to catch monsters of the same level or slightly stronger. This will give you a lot of experience. The problem is your class. As a Merchant, it’s hard enough to save a party. That’s when it hit me.
-Laras: Golking!
“Huh?”
A whisper came from his guildmate, Laras. Wondering if something special had happened, since he never gets whispered to, Golking quickly replied.
-To Laras: Yes.
-Laras: Do you mind if I ask for a quote?
-Laras to me: Oh, yeah. Tell me the type and options.
-Laras : The cap is 200 strength and 150 health, and the sword does 115-120 physical damage and 30 health, so how much is it worth?
“That’s fine.”
After hearing about the item from Laras, I thought the Gaulking was a pretty good option for a sword, and I thought about how much I wanted to spend on it.
“Wait.”
As he thought this, Golking had a sudden thought and quickly opened his inventory.
“It has the same limit as a solid steel sword, but it has more health than a water ball. Is it a rare?”
If it was a rare item, the price would be higher, so Golking whispered to Laras again to make sure he was clear.
-Laras: Is this a rare item?
-Laras: Magic!
“What? This option is magic? Huh.”
Golking was a little taken aback by Laras’s mention of magic.
“Well, maybe a sack.”
But Golking soon calmed his panic and gave Laras an answer as to how much the sword would trade for.
-Laras: I’d say it’s probably around 130-140 gold.
-Laras: Thank you!
“I’ll just catch a few more and go save the party.”
The Golkings resumed their hunt, and after killing a few more orcs, Laras whispered to them again.
-Laras: Golking!
-To Laras: Yes.
-Laras: I’m sorry, can I ask you one more ticker?
-Laras: Yes, please call the types and options.
-Laras: Limit is 250 Strength, 150 Health, 50 Wisdom. 155-160 Physical Attack, +9% Speed. It’s a sword with magic.
“…”
After hearing the information from Laras, Gol’king opened his inventory again.
“…What is it?”
This time it was a glowing steel sword. It had the same limitations as the Glowing Steel Blade, and the options were a bit better as Laras called them.
“Maybe it’s envy…”
Something wasn’t right. I wasn’t sure if it was because I was jealous of Lara’s ability to purchase items with good options, or if it was because I was seeing items with better options than the ones I had purchased.
“Oh, never mind, I’m not one or two!”
The Golking soon shook his head, suppressing the discomfort that filled his heart. Then he whispered to Laras and gave him a rough price.
-Laras: I think it’s around 145 to 155 gold.
“Let’s go hunting!”
After whispering to Laras, the Golkings resumed their hunt. No more whispers came from Laras. Was that why? The discomfort that had been filling the Golking’s mind slowly faded, until it disappeared entirely.
Three days later.
“Coin load! Coin boom!”
-take..rip..
whisk
The Gol’king was still hunting orcs alone when he ran into the limitations of his profession as a merchant and failed to save the party.
-Profit. Profit
After picking up the dropped items and discovering the next orc to hunt, Golking walked toward it. That’s when it happened.
-Lemon Coffee: That Golking?
Golking stopped in his tracks at the whisper of his guildmate Lemoncoffee.
-LemonCoffee: Yes.
-LemonCoffee: May I ask for a quote?
-Lemon Coffee: Yes. Say it.
-Lemon Coffee: It’s a magic sword, a solid steel sword, capped at 200 strength and 150 health. Water balls give you 45 health for 120-125. How much? It seems better than the top magic temps.
“…”
Golking was speechless for a moment at LemonCoffee’s whisper, and when he regained his composure, he spoke to LemonCoffee.
-Lemon Coffee: A solid steel sword?
-Lemon Coffee: Yeah. I’ve seen them listed at 120-130 gold, and mine is the best option. I don’t know how much I should raise it to… Do you have any suggestions?
“…No way.”
Golking sensed something was wrong with Lemon Coffee’s words, and quickly told Lemon Coffee what was on his mind.
-Dear Lemon Coffee: Do you happen to know how many sacks you have?
-Lemon Coffee: Would You Buy?
“Ha.”
Golking let out a short sigh at Lemon Coffee’s words. Then he spoke again.
-Dear Lemon Coffee: Are there dozens of swords, not just one or two? Are there other types of swords, like glowing steel swords?
-Lemon Coffee : Huh? How do you…
“…”
Golking didn’t have a response to LemonCoffee’s comment.
-Benefit. Human found. Kill.
The orc that the goblin had been watching to catch spotted the goblin and began to approach.
“Shit.”
This was no time for orcs. The goblin cursed at the orc running toward him and used the scroll to quickly return to the village.
Woof, woof, woof
“Get me a staff worthy of an 80 wizard!”
“Potions for sale! Buy potions!”
The central square was still crowded with people. The Golkings quickly pushed past them and headed for the auction house.
“Gold Farm. Minimum 20 gold, maximum 150 gold!”
“Minimum 40 gold, maximum 300 gold for $9.00 per gold.”
“Buy 200 gold minimum, 400 gold maximum. 9,000 per gold!”
Soon, the Golking arrived at the auction house, passing many users as he approached the auction house NPC. After a while, the Golking had to stop walking.
In front of the Auction House NPC were several members of the Goldbar guild, each with a gold bar mark above their heads.
‘…’
The Golking immediately went to where the Gold Auctioneer NPC was located, but it was the same story. Several Gold Bar guild members were gathered in front of the Gold Auctioneer NPC as well. Golking sighed and approached the guild members gathered in front of the NPC.
Jumbled
“Ooh, Golking!”
At that moment, one of the guild members in front of the NPC spotted the approaching golkings and called out. It was Lemon Coffee who alerted us to the situation.
“It’s a strange day, seeing so many of my guildmates here today.”
LemonCoffee was smiling brightly, but the other guild members were not pleased. They all glared at Lemon Coffee.
‘Well… You said it was the best option.’
Having the best option meant I had the strongest competitive edge. It was unlikely that I had more than one or two, and I understood why the other guilds were not happy.
‘I wonder if that was intentional…’
I suddenly wondered if he was whispering in my ear on purpose to brag about the situation.
“He’s been in business longer than I have.
Lemon Coffee has been in business longer than any of the guilds gathered here, and the man whispered the price, not because he wanted to know the price, of course.
‘Did you really want to brag that much…’
Of course, that doesn’t mean you can do anything about it. Rather, we should be grateful to Lemon Coffee for making us aware of this situation.
‘Well… I’ll have to tell the officers.’
Golking decided to tell Goldbar’s executives. That’s when it happened.
“How long do you have left, Mr. Golking?”
“Oh, me? I’m…”
Golking was about to answer Lemon Coffee’s question when a thought occurred to him and he stopped talking and looked at Lemon Coffee.
“Wait, how does he know that?
It was strange to think about. He hadn’t told anyone about the hundreds of sacks he’d bought, but Lemon Coffee was asking for them like it was a given. Once he thought it was strange, everything Lemon Coffee had ever done seemed strange. Golking smiled and opened his mouth to speak.
“There’s a little bit too much of this, and I don’t know how this happened.”
“I see… ugh, that’s too bad.”
It didn’t look sorry at all. Lemon Coffee was smiling. The Golking smiled, but when Lemoncoffee turned around, he turned his cold eyes on Lemoncoffee’s back.